Dr. Burney's Academy, founded 1791 by William Burney (1762 – December 1832), was a preparatory school or "crammer" in Gosport, Hampshire, England, whose aim was to prepare young men for the Royal Navy's entrance examinations and a naval career, though many of its students went on to Army or civilian careers.^[1]

History

On the death of Burney, his son Henry took over running of the school, followed by Henry's brother Edward (c.1817-1888), then William's grandson the Rev. Edward Amyatt Amyatt Burney, who became Rector of Rowner, to the north-west of Gosport (1848–1920).^[2] The school was sold in 1889.^[2] At some time before 1891 it received patronage of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught, and was renamed the Royal Academy.^[2] The Rev. F. G. Johnson was Head Master from 1888 until the school closed in 1904.^[2]

Notable alumni

• Thomas Murray-Prior (1819–1892)
• John Cowans (1862–1921), Quartermaster-General to the Forces
• Charles Cooper Penrose Fitzgerald (1841–1921)
• Alexander Forbes-Leith, 1st Baron Leith of Fyvie (1847–1925)
• Oliver Young (1855–1908)
• David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871–1936)
• George Digby Morant (1837–1921)
• George Chaworth Musters^[1]
• Frederick G. Guggisberg^[1]
• Vice-admiral Henry John Rous (1795 –1877)^[3]
• Martin Snape (1852–1930), painter
• Marshal-Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, OM, GCVO (1848-1934), Japanese navy officer
• George Francis Lyon DCL (1795-1833)^[4]
• Morgan Lindsay (1857–1935), Welsh soldier and racehorse trainer
• Cyril Stileman (1879–1943), civil engineer and cricketer

See also

• Stubbington House School
• Eastman's Royal Naval Academy

References

External links

• Images from Gosport Society
• A manuscript copy of Burney's System of Mathematical Education is held by Special Collections & Archives, Nimitz Library at the United States Naval Academy